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MIG Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Lavish

Hi.
Please help me with "lavish" word.
I cant understand what dose it mean.
It means bad or good.
Please help me to understand what the following sentences exactly mean.

Adjective:
1-Lavish Ceremony
2-Lavish love.
3-Lavish praise.

Verb:
1-Don't lavish your money.
2-lavish your kindness to me.
  

Top answer

) = super-good, extra good, marvelous, extensive (and perhaps ex p ensive, too) The verb is related, of course, meaning to spend a lot (of money, attention).

  • ) = super-good, extra good, marvelous, extensive (and perhaps ex p ensive, too) The verb is related, of course, meaning to spend a lot (of money, attention).
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lavish (adj.) = super-good, extra good, marvelous, extensive (and perhaps expensive, too)
The verb is related, of course, meaning to spend a lot (of money, attention).
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Hi, Philip and thank you.Emotion: rose
I always thought that i can use it to describe a redundant act.

for example:

Rep
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MIGHi, Philip and thank you.I always thought that i can use it to describe a redundant act.for example:Repairing the car is "lavish" or "a lavish act" because it cost as much as a new car.Is it wrong?
That doesn't sound quite right to me. Washing the car every day might be lavish attention, but I'm not sure that repairing it would be considered lavish.
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Thank you Philip.Emotion: smile

How about these?

Repairing the car is lavish expenditure of money.

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MIGRepairing the car is lavish expenditure of money.orRepairing the car might be lavish expenditure of money.
They don't sound natural to me.
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Thank you, fivejedjon.Emotion: smile

My last try:

Repairing the car is (or might be) lavish spending.
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No. These days it can be very expensive, but we wouldn't call it lavish spending (unless you replaced the metal of some parts with gold)
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Thank you, fivejedjon.Emotion: rose

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